The
police’s organized crime squad raided several Prague sites on Friday, including
the headquarters of the Islamic Foundation, a cultural centre near Wenceslas
Square, on suspicion of the illegal publishing and distribution of a book
inciting racism, antisemitism and xenophobia, a spokesman for the organized
crime squad said on Friday.
One of the raids took place in the Islamic
Foundation’s house of prayer, disrupting the religious gathering. One of the
people present, the first secretary of the Indonesian Embassy, told the ctk
news agency the police stormed the premises telling people to lie down face of
the floor as they searched the grounds. Five people were arrested. The police
did not specify what publication they were looking for.
